Retired Ontario educator and life long learner. Travel, books, theatre. Left leaning dog lover. Don’t post much but I listen well. I worry a lot.
$100 to any reporter who asks him, "so you're saying Capitol Police should've shot dead everyone who breached the Capitol on January 6?"
Aaron RuparHoman on people getting killed by ICE: "It comes down to one simple fact -- these people failed to comply with law enforcement ... all they had to do is comply. If they did, they'd be alive today."
Great Canadian: Gordon Lightfoot: Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved worldwide success & helped define the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. One of Canada's greatest songwriters he went to number 1 on the Hot 100 list 5X "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" will live on forever #CANADA159
Now that's a verbal version of a Shawinigan Handshake.
Scott RobertsonChrétien: When you look at the polls, Canadians have never been more united. Thank you to Donald Trump for that. I should propose him for the Order of Canada, but I cannot succeed. Do you know why? Rosie: He's not Canadian? Chrétien: Because we don't give it to a person who has a criminal record.
Friendly reminder that you should both get a library card and use it regularly, if you want to support your local library.
Stony Plain, thank you for your support!!! Approximately 150 proud Canadians showed up to claim their #ForeverCanadian lawn signs.
Artist: Vanessa Stockard Title: Satan Taking a Break from Hate Crimes #artsky
At some point the endless string of corrupt behaviour has got to catch up to Doug Ford. How will this play with all the rubes who see him as 'one of them'?
National NewswatchOntario buys used $28.9M private jet for Doug Ford: sources. A senior official confirmed that the province this week took possession of a 2016 Bombardier Challenger 650 executive jet, @robertbenzie.bsky.social reports www.thestar.com/politics/pro... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
If you are in despair, hold on, the kids are alright www.reddit.com/r/FoundPaper...
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At a certain point of wealth, what is being pursued seems not to be wealth, but the ability to make other people suffer. What's being pursued is immunity from human decency; the ability and even the right to be depraved with impunity. They get off on the suffering. www.the-reframe.com/where-it-ends/
Where It EndsAnswering the enabler's constant question, and contemplating the depraved depths of the billionaire mindset.www.the-reframe.com
One day, "It" will happen, by which I mean sudden and unexpected news that you want to celebrate. In such cases, you will want the right outfit. 🧵
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
I’m finding myself torn between a “Try to find the humour in it all” and a “This looks like a good place to start digging my bomb shelter” mindset so I might try writing some satire while on my breaks from mixing cement.
Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.
Kathleen BachynskiBrava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
